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I thought the Irish have been bordering on offside. I still stand by Rennie needing to bench players for idiotic penalties. The neck rolls have killed them. Cost a try and a yellow card. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Having Tupou/Skeleton/Samu on the bench hasn't done anything to help their attack, but...

They played about as poorly as possible and still almost won somehow with a B level roster. I wouldn't be as worried if they played coherently and lost to a good team. But they played like a bunch of guys from a local club side who just met each other and don't much care if they win or lose.

Wow, that was a pitiful performance by the Wallabies. The sheer quantity of idiotic decisions and poor discipline is shocking for an international team. Wright had two crazy passes. Everyone else: a near forward pass in the try zone, a late yellow for a hit, hitting a player without the ball, at...

Yes there was. A clear and obvious red card. The replay is on Reddit. It was 100% missed by Peyper and the TMO.

Gordon must get an A+ for implementing the gameplan, because Tate looks much better to the untrained eye.

IMO you have to start Skeleton. There are only so many games to use him and they need to see what he offers. For RWC they need some players with X factor and Skeleton is one of them along with Koriobete, Kerevi, Valetini and Tupou. If he can play as well as he's shown in Europe (fairly big if...

It feels like the Wallabies could have a great 23, but between injuries and people unavailable for selection we are never going to see it and even if we do it'll be for 1-2 games at most and there will be no continuity.

The current squad isn't fantastic and it's hard to evaluate which side will turn up. So many games have been marked by injury, cards, game changing officiating and inconsistency. It isn't hard to picture the team going 1-4, but it wouldn't totally shock me if they get their act together and go...

I was never a massive fan, but if they could pick up one lock from Europe for this tour it'd be Rob Simmons. He was always fit, can run a lineout, is currently in form and is a smart rugby player. He won't need much time to get up to speed.

The style of play is so much more entertaining, it's like watching rugby from 2009 or so. That isn't mean as a criticism either, that's a good thing. The officiating, notwithstanding a few moments, also seems far less pedantic. Most of the women players are varying levels of semi-professional...

I watched the first 20 minutes and was shocked at what the referee was allowing by NZ at the ruck. Literally grabbing the ball while on the ground, not allowing for any kind of release, off their feet, constantly offsides. The officiating is such a shit show I just turned the game off at that...

I'm sure someone like Holloway sometimes gets picked because they can do their basic job competently, which is better than flashier alternatives. The coach wants to put out a guy that won't hurt the team at set piece, be out of position, knows the patterns and doesn't take stupid penalties...

I'm not bothering to watch it after last week's officiating. Until they sort out the horrible and inconsistent officiating I'm not bothering to watch rugby. The state of the game is farcical.

Wright is such a mental midget. He makes ridiculous errors for penalties and basically has no discipline. He has 3 cards in 17 tests as a winger. I'd say to replace him, but he also made two lovely passes that led to trys. Petaia can't stay healthy, they don't play Vunivalu, Banks is injured...

If Tom Wright plays next game then I don't know what Rennie is smoking. That try is on his idiotic penalty. How many times has he been carded in test matches now?

If Tom Wright plays next game then I don't know what Rennie is smoking. That try is on his idiotic penalty. How many times has he been carded in test matches now?

Wright with a yellow. Shocker.

I have to agree with Rennie's assessment of McReight, but it was obvious prior to the South Africa series even that he didn't come off well in the collisions as he's fairly small. I thought prior to either South Africa game they might replace him for Samu or someone larger. If we are talking...

Has Beale been exclusively playing 15 in Europe? I'm assuming that's where he is getting selected.

You can't have wildly different officiating each week. World Rugby needs to get their act together and have some level of consistency. And Keefe bottled it many times over (AAA, boks throw in, not held, leroux knock on etc.). In no other sport do you accept that different referees officiate...